Squirrels Streak; Scoreless Game Snapped In 12th
Erie, Pennsylvania - Erie's Steve Moya delivered a game-winning double in the 12th inning on Wednesday night, snapping a scoreless contest and ending the Flying Squirrels five-game winning streak. Tied 0-0 throughout, Moya connected on the double off of Vic Black to give Erie a 1-0 win and avoid the
Erie, Pennsylvania - Erie's Steve Moya delivered a game-winning double in the 12th inning on Wednesday night, snapping a scoreless contest and ending the Flying Squirrels five-game winning streak. Tied 0-0 throughout, Moya connected on the double off of
Erie's offense consistently applied pressure in the latter innings, but failed to score. The SeaWolves loaded the bases in the sixth, seventh ninth and 11th innings and were denied each time. The Richmond bullpen trio of
Taylor, making his third start of the year against Erie, authored seven more scoreless innings against the SeaWolves in a no-decision on Wednesday evening. Taylor pitched mostly without incident through the first five innings, using just 42 pitches in that span. The righty evaded bases loaded situations in both the sixth and seventh innings to finish off his outing. His seven shutout innings ran his scoreless streak against Erie to 21.
Martin replaced Taylor in the eighth and turned in a one-inning effort. Martin punched out a pair and turned things over the Tyler Cyr in the ninth, still without a run on the board. Erie loaded the bases against Cyr on a double, walk and error. With two outs, Cyr then battled with and stuck out
Taylor and Erie's
Erie committed a pair of errors and coupled with four walks from Hall allowed Richmond a few scoring opportunities. The Squirrels stranded a pair of runners in the second and two more in the fourth.
Hall tossed seven scoreless innings for the SeaWolves but still received a no-decision. The lefty threw a season-high 112 pitches and struck out seven in the outing. He allowed three hits and walked four.
Richmond was held to just six hits in the effort. Erie stranded a total of 16 runners on base.
The Flying Squirrels continue their final road trip of the season on Thursday in Trenton, NJ. LHP